Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.

A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head.

Thoughts come maimed and plucked of plumage from the lips, which, from the pea, in the silence of your own leisure and study, would be born with far more beauty.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Flowers are the bright remembrances of youth; they waft us back, with their bland odorous breath, the joyous hours that only young life knows, ere we have learnt that this fair earth hides graves.